Oh, and an easy way to see what each MSI was used for is to open the C:\Windows\Installer folder in Explorer and add the Subject column to the details. I can immediately see what each MSI belongs to. Quite informative.
-----Original Message----- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem searching GAC for installed assembly If it was pre-installed perhaps the MSI is cached and you could inspect it using Orca or similar tool. Normally in C:\Windows\Installer. Just a thought. A combination of the date/time stamp of when it was installed and/or the Properties of the MSI in that folder and looking at the Summary tab will help identify which one is correct since the MSI name is some number in this folder. It took just a couple of minutes to find my MSI amongst the 143 MSIs on my system. -----Original Message----- From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem searching GAC for installed assembly I don't have one because it is not a part of my installer. It was pre-installed and I don't have the .msi for that specific version of csla. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>wrote: > ComponentSearches are a little weird because you need to make sure the > search Type matches the Component's KeyPath. What's the KeyPath in the > target MSI? > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:08 PM, CoolBreeze <coolbreeze...@googlemail.com > >wrote: > > > Thanks for everyone's help. I still haven't resolved why this is not > > working > > for me after trying numerous suggestions, but the more I work with Wix > the > > more I learn. > > > > Thanks again everyone. > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:28 AM, CoolBreeze < > coolbreeze...@googlemail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion Rob. The only problem is that this is a older > > > version of CSLA we use 3.6.2 and on Rockford's website he no longer > > provides > > > an installer. This should not be much of a road block, because you can > > get > > > the source and within the Setup Project find the GUID. I've done this > and > > > for some reason it still will not work. Below is that I have. > > > > > > <Property Id="CSLA"> > > > <ComponentSearch Id="cslaPath" > > > Guid="B71EFC75-5891-437F-96F9-E2347C9F4FB4" /> > > > > > > </Property> > > > <Condition Message="CSLA 3.6.2 must be installed before you can > > continue > > > with the installation.">Installed OR CSLA</Condition> > > > > > > Am I doing this check incorrectly? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> How about a ComponentSearch instead of a FileSearch? > > >> > > >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, CoolBreeze < > > coolbreeze...@googlemail.com > > >> >wrote: > > >> > > >> > Thanks for the reply Chad. I've tried increasing the Depth to say 4 > as > > >> well > > >> > as providing and absolute path to the assembly and when I compile, I > > get > > >> > the > > >> > following error: > > >> > > > >> > Error 1 When the parent DirectorySearch/@Depth attribute is > > >> greater > > >> > than 1 for the DirectorySearch 'GACPath', the FileSearch/@Id > attribute > > >> must > > >> > be absent for FileSearch 'CslaFileSearch' unless the parent > > >> > DirectorySearch/@AssignToProperty attribute value is 'yes'. Remove > the > > >> > FileSearch/@Id attribute for 'CslaFileSearch' to resolve this issue. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > C:\Source\MS-Intelliscript\ProjectDeployments\ProjectDeployments\eCoPayW ebSite.Setup\ConditionChecks.wxi > > >> > 18 1 eCoPayWebSite.Setup > > >> > > > >> > Now I've also tried removing the ID for my FileSearch as the error > > >> > suggests, > > >> > but each time I run the installer it stops with my Condition message > > not > > >> > matter what I try. > > >> > > > >> > I'm trying to essentially provide a base path of > > %systemroot%\assembly\ > > >> and > > >> > have the installer do a recursive search for the assembly I specify > > >> within > > >> > my FileSearch as the assembly could reside in a number of > sub-folders > > >> like > > >> > you specified. I must be missing something simple, because it > doesn't > > >> seem > > >> > that it should be so difficult to get this to work. > > >> > > > >> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Chad Petersen > > >> > <chad.peter...@harlandfs.com>wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > If you run a CMD prompt and change to c:\windows\assembly folder > and > > >> > > then do a DIR you will likely see GAC, GAC_32 and GAC_MSIL as > > >> > > subfolders. Yours is apparently in GAC_MSIL. From there it has > > folders > > >> > > following a name similar to your DLL name. Then a <version> > specific > > >> > > folder in which your DLL will likely reside. You might try > including > > >> the > > >> > > additional folders in your search or possibly increasing the > Depth= > > to > > >> > > something more like 3. > > >> > > > > >> > > Path="%systemroot%\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Csla\<version>" > > >> > > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > > >> > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > >> > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:15 PM > > >> > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > >> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Problem searching GAC for installed assembly > > >> > > > > >> > > I'm having some problems with getting a condition I've defined to > > work > > >> > > properly. I have the following condition defined and I'm trying to > > >> have > > >> > > the > > >> > > installer search the GAC for the existence of the assembly. If the > > >> > > assembly > > >> > > isn't present I don't want to proceed with the installation, > because > > >> > > it's a > > >> > > pre-requisite that it must already exist. > > >> > > > > >> > > <Property Id="CSLA"> > > >> > > <DirectorySearch Id="GACPath" Path="%systemroot%\assembly\" > > >> > > Depth="0" > > >> > > AssignToProperty="no"> > > >> > > <FileSearch Id="CslaFileSearch" Name="Csla.dll" /> > > >> > > </DirectorySearch> > > >> > > </Property> > > >> > > <Condition Message="CSLA 3.6.2 must be installed before you can > > >> continue > > >> > > with the installation.">Installed OR CSLA</Condition> > > >> > > > > >> > > Can anyone see what the problem might be? 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